A (501) C Non-Profit Organization
Tri-County
Crime Stoppers
of Minnesota, Inc.
Serving Central Minnesota
P.O. Box 545 St. Cloud, MN 56302-0545
St. Cloud Area and Cellular 2000 customers: 255-1301
Outside St. Cloud: 1-800-255-1301
About Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers Open Cases
for Week of March 21, 2005
St. Cloud Police: 3 Arson Fires
On 03/24/05 between 0049 hours and 0126 hours St. Cloud police officers
were dispatched to three separate arsons on the northeast side of St.
Cloud. All of the arsons involved dumpsters at the following addresses:
1245 East St. Germain Street (private apartment complex), 16 14th Avenue
Northeast (Little Dukes), and 144 East St Germain Street (private
apartment complex).
At all three locations the fire was extinguished by the fire department
and minimal damage was caused to the dumpsters. At the Little Dukes fire
there was some smoke inside the building as well and it was unknown if it
caused any damage.
No one was injured.
Stearns County Sheriff: Residential Burglary
On Tuesday, March 15, 2005 two daytime/evening residential burglaries were
reported to the Stearns County Sheriff. Both were in the Pleasant Lake
area of the city of Rockville. Taken were checks, coins, electronic
equipment and a handgun. The checks are on accounts at the State Bank of
Richmond, and the handgun is a Smith & Wesson .357 with a 6-7" barrel and
light wood grips.
The M.O. on these cases is similar to the M.O. of recent burglaries in the
city of St. Cloud.
REWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
Tri-County Crime Stoppers, Inc. is pleased to
announce that a reward has been paid in a case that was featured early in
2005 on the radio programs and our web site. With this payment, our total
for rewards paid-to-date is $ 31,490.00.
Other open cases can be seen at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org . Callers
to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous and can become eligible for a reward of
up to $1,000. In some selected cases, the reward can be up to $ 5,000. The
phone line does not have Caller ID or any type of recording device. Our
toll free number is 1-800-255-1301. For the St. Cloud dialing area and
Cellular 2000 customers, they should call 255-1301.
Pending Reward
Tri-County Crime Stoppers has approved a reward on a case from early in
2004. The tip, which resulted in this case being solved, was called into
Crime Stoppers in October 2004. The caller was issued a case number. We
are now waiting for that person to call back with their case number and
make arrangements to accept their reward payment.
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